Door fastener



Patented @et 16, 1923. i

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i LnoNIDAsnroHoLAs LYON, or Hoiisroiv, TEXAS, :i

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. Appiieatid aieaJuiy 24, i922." serial 110,577,146. i

T all whom t may concern:

i citizen of the United States, ,residing at gHouston, in the countyfof Harris and StateA i opened real dilyi should the seal thereon be YFigure 1 shows in top plan, va k-iv'icelcoii-V specification;

lVitli `the above and other objects of Texas, have invented anew'anduseful Door Fastener, of which the following isa YThis invention anisto provide asimple means for lockingthe doors of `freightjcaijs and the like, so that the doors cannot be' broken.

Iltis within the province ofthe disclosure to improve generally and tolenh'ance the utility of devices of that type `to Whichtlie invention appertains. f l

in view, which will vappear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the/combina` tion and .arrangement of parts aiidinthe details vof construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingfunderstood that, with-r in theA scope of what is claimed, cliangesjin the/precise embodiment; of the inventic'jn'v of Figure 1;V Figure 4 is a crossv sectionjon the line 4-4 ofF`ig-ure 1, and` Figure 5 is an end elevation.

In the drawings the numeralllden'otes the closure door of a freight car,-'or the like. On

the outer surface ofthe door 1.a support 2, in the form vof a plate, isiV securedasindicat-4 ed at 3, the support being provided withljapproximately parallel flanges 4 having out-V standing lips 5 adaptedas indicated at 6 tovr be `Secured to the rear edge kof the door l. A

vertical kpivot element-7 is carredby the Y VThe device includes a box-like latch meinber 8 comprisiiigafront 19, Va top 1,0 a bot tom 11,'and ends 12 and14', the end12-being provided` with'an openingl. The front 9 of the latch member 8 f carries outwardlyiproi y longed extensions 16 suppliedwithelongated slots; 17, The extensions 16 are received between the flanges 4' of the support f2 and are spaced apart Vless widely tliavnfare the ilanges'l, the pivot element 7 being received in the elongated Slotsl The constructionk is such that the latch member 'may -H inwardly and outwardly on lthe `'pivotfeles,.y ment 7, and may have, also, a vertical inove` f, 50 Keepers 18,."and 2O project inwardly from `the front 9Lof rthe latch member 8., thekeep'er 18'being providedfwitlifa downwardly..eX-Y tended s eatvl9, andthe keeper 20bein pro@ vided with a downwardly extended seat 21'.; An anchor plate 22 isl secured at 23"totlieyr body 24 of the car and has. outstanding ment oiithe pivot member.

guard 25, withinwhichthe latch'inember 8 is received,fwh'en the latch niemberisf ina closed position.vv The `anchor plate'22 carries an outstanding keeper 26, located between the keepers 18 and`20ofthe latch membery 84 .Y when the latch Amember isjin a closed p'osi-V tion, the keeper 26 on theancliorplatehavf f ing a ydownwardly extended seat 27 "defining a toit 29111 amy bein uw foral or a nail havinguahead 30,r isi supporte'don the the Vpivot clement 17, the keeper 18r and 20 fon' i tlielat,cli member 'engage the bolt 29A and carry the bolt inwardly, transversely of its` Y length`tlie bolt dropping downwardly rinto the seat 19 of the keeper 1 81on the latch nieniber .8,'into the seat27' ,of the keeper 26 on the,Y anchork plate 22`fand-'intofthe seat-21 on the keeper 20`of the llatch member 8, as shown in Figures 23'and l, the 'latch`8fbeinglield on,k the keeper plate 22, so thatwthe latch ineinber cannot-be swung to an open position. it is impossible to withdraw the bolt 29, without bending the bolt', whenthe rvbolt is disposed as shown inFigure 1, be-V` cause the end y12 of thelatch 8 lies inthe lpath of the bolt 29 when the bolt kis moved;Vr

longitudinally.v It' is possible, however, to

insert a prize toolthro'ugh theiopening 15k jin Vthe end '12 and bend the lbolt vr29, where# upon thebolt may be withdrawn. A'lheywithdrawal of tlie'bolt 29,` therefore, will be 'at.

leefy tended ,with considerablediliicultyfaiid rwill necessitate theii'se of tools. @The structure forming-'the subject matter ofthis application preferably located far enough down fronitlie topy ofthe car, so` thatla person lying onthe top ofl tliecar cannot reach they.'l

device, and,-likewise, the structurels located "far enough from kthe j surfaceof f the ground so that a person standing upon thev ground cannot gain access to the locking'bolt Y These circumstances, coupled with the fui? `f ther fact that the locking bolt 29 must be bentand Withdrawn forcibly, make it eX- ceedingly diicult for` a person to gain unauthorized access tothe car. Since the latch member 8 has a vertical movement onthe pivot element 7, a vertical adjustment of the latch member Withrespect to the support 2 and the anchor plate 22 Willbe possible, and the latch member may be alwaysi swung into the closed position depicted in `Figure l.

' Wh'atis claimed is l. In a device of the class described a support, a latch member pivoted to the support, and an anchor Wherevvith the latch member coacts, Vthe latch member and the anchorV I havingV keepers provided with seats; andy a zokk bolt adapted to bemounted on the keeper of theanchor, the keeper of the latch member engaging the bolt upon closing movement to movethe boltt-ransversely and to cause the i .A b `bolt`to drop intothe seats of the keepers.

2. A device. of ,theV class described', con structed as setforth in claim'l, and further.

characterized by the rfact that the latch' member is provided with a Wall, located in `thev path ofthe bolt 'and preventing the bolt from being Withdrawn'from the seats of the keepers byV a-right line movement, said WallY having an opening, givingaccess to the bolt Vvand' permitting a bending of the'boltand a 'v .y Withdrawal thereof.

3. In -ay Ydevice of the class described, ay

support 5' aV latch `member ;1 means for mounting the latch member on the support` for `pivotal movement'and Jfor sliding movement into tivorectangularly disposed direc?` tions; an anchor Whereyvith the latch .member coacts, the latch member andthe anchor having keepers provided with seats; ,and a bolt adapted to be 4supported on the keeper ofl the anchor, the keeper'of the latch mem- K ber engaging the boltvupo'n V closing move- Vment to move the. bolt transversely andto the latch member Whereyvith the bolt coacts, e

When the bolt drops, the latch memberengaging the bolt to move the bolt transversely into such a position that it may drop and engage with said elements.

5. i i device of the class able, and a locking Yelement movablv sup? `ported on one ot said members, saidmem'bers comprising parts Which coact with the locking element to holdsaid members against separation', after said `members have beenr brought together and after the lockingA ele? f ment has been moved'and permitted to drop,

the other ofsaid members having means for moving the locking` element to dropping po-V ofether. b c. A structed as set forth in claim 5, and vtin-ther characterized by ,the fact that one of said members is provided With means torvpi'e--` sition when said members are brought toventing the locking element from being disv engaged from` said partsA when tlielocking f element is in a normal osition the locking 7 L,

` described,rom--V4 prisingmembers which are relativelyv movY device of the class described, con-v element being capable of distortiomto'pmrv y mit it to pass said means andgto be'gdise'ngaged froin'said parts.` f fV In testimony that I claim 4the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the` presence oftvvo Witnesses:

LEoNiDAs NICHOLAS LYON. y

Witnesses:

v I-I. M. W. EREBEIMER E. DREYLING. K 

